How Defense Contractors Survived Washington’s Budget Cuts Learn More >> // View in Browser >> OUR STORY RESOURCES EVENTS TRY BGOV How Defense Contractors Survived Washington’s Budget Cuts REGISTER NOW WEBINAR SERIES Over the last four years, federal budgets have been slashed and military spending has been cut. How have the changing fiscal priorities of […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for Dec. 10, 2014 in ACWA eNews Funding for Water Programs Holds Steady in “Cromnibus” Bill Submitted by Josh Abel on Wed, 12/10/2014 – 12:56pm Late Tuesday, December 9, the House and Senate released the text of the “cromnibus” appropriations bill. The “crominbus” bill funds the Department of Homeland Security until March […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia Institute for Federal Policy Research SPECIAL REPORT: Immigrant Accountability Executive Action Impacts Millions of Californians December 2014 On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced Immigrant Accountability Executive Action to address the nation’s broken immigration system. According to the White House, these executive actions will i) secure the border by deploying more resources to strengthen […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). This is an update on the “Evaluation of the Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) Beneficial Use in Ag Dominated Surface Waters” project. The next stakeholder meeting is scheduled for Wednesday January 14, 2015 from 9 am to 12 pm at […]
Continue ReadingThe Continuing Resolution Plus Omnibus (“Cromnibus”) bill language has been released, and can be viewed here. To view an updated appropriations chart, with funding numbers taken from the current bill, please click here. The CROmnibus is on the House Rules Website. E&W is Division D.
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released its budget for fiscal year 2015. In an exciting piece of news, the FY2015 budget includes $1.1 billion for the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF). Click here to view the full 2015 Budget for the Army Corps of Engineers.
Continue ReadingEric Garner, a leading authority on water law and a managing partner at Best Best & Krieger LLP, was the keynote speaker at ACWA’s Fall Conference & Exhibition in San Diego on December 4th. Eric discussed California’s historic new groundwater management act in his presentation titled: “Groundwater Legislation: History in the Making or Another Dead […]
Continue ReadingThe Brown Administration has published a press release from Secretary John Laird opposing Federal Drought Legislation. Click here to read Secretary Laird’s full statement.
Continue ReadingNEPA: Understanding the Basics Live Webinar January 21, 2015 Environmental Training Resource is hosting a webinar on NEPA: Understanding the Basics on January 21, 2015. Click here for full details.
Continue ReadingHouse-passed drought bill likely to sink in the Senate By Michael Doyle McClatchy Washington Bureau December 8, 2014 Tellingly, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California on Monday said that she can’t support some of the provisions in the current House bill, despite negotiating progress that has convinced her an eventual bipartisan compromise is possible. “There […]
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